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When Excaliber hurried through the AEW Rampage card at lightning speed while calling the Tag Team Championship ladder match featuring his PWG buddies, the Young Bucks and Jurassic Express, one bout stood out for an unknown name featured in the copy. A talking segment from Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee? Considering how the Casion Battle […]

When news broke that the Hardy Brothers had been removed from the AEW Tag Team Championship ladder match due to Jeff’s DUI arrest-influenced suspension, it sent the entire match into flux, at least in the minds of fans who were deeply looking forward to seeing what could have ushered in the final major title run […]

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, Tony Khan did it; after hinting at beef between the Best Friends/CHAOS collective and the United Empire in both AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, the booking tandem of Gedo and TK have officially pulled the trigger one what might just be the most exciting match of […]

Two new matches have been made official for the AEW and NJPW pay-per-view Forbidden Door. According to Fightful, New Japan’s Will Ospreay will take on returning AEW star Orange Cassidy at the show. Ospreay recently defeated SANADA at NJPW Dominion at Osaka Jo Hall to win the vacated IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. Cassidy, meanwhile, […]

It happened; it finally happened: After months and months of anticipation, Christian Cage has finally turned on his now-former mentee Jungle Boy after his Jurassic Express tag team lost their titles to The Young Bucks in the main event of AEW Dynamite. The match, which was initially booked to be a three-way but worked just […]

By Adam Page’s own admission, he didn’t take into account that Kazuchika Okada, the then-IWGP World Champion he called out on the previous week’s episode of AEW Dynamite, could have lost the belt before Forbidden Door. He’s been out of New Japan Pro Wrestling for quite some time now, and, despite being very online, he […]

As the All-Atlantic Championship tournament plots along towards its inevitable conclusion, a four-way bout at Forbidden Door to decide the inaugural winner of AEW‘s newest championship, one of the more intriguing contests in Round 1 made its way onto Dynamite for the fans in attendance both in the arena and watching from home, Miro versus […]

When it was announced that Jon Moxley and Hiroshi Tanahashi would take the ring together for a non-wrestling segment on AEW Dynamite, fans had to know that Tony Khan had something up his sleeve. Oh boy oh boy, as it turns out, “something up his sleeve” was a serious understatement. The segment started off relatively […]

Well, as it turns out, not even 20 men, albeit security professionals, can top AEW‘s “The Wardog” himself, Wardlow. That’s right, in one of the weirdest stipulation matches you’ll ever see, “Smart” Mark Sterling lined up twenty security guards that Wardlow had reportedly injured in one way or another and had them attempt to pin […]

As Chris Jericho’s match versus former Inner Circle member Ortz started to divulge into an utterly chaotic bout between the Jericho Appreciation Society, the Blackpool Combat Club, and Eddie Kington in the open match of AEW Dynamite, it looked like the match could be anyone’s game and thus, could have resulted in either competitor losing […]

Who will Will Ospreay wrestle at Forbidden Door? This has been a question plaguing wrestling fans since the leader of the United Empire made his debut on AEW television on Dynamite and will likely continue to do so until Tony Khan, Excalibur, or an on-roster talent officially makes an announcement one way or another. Though […]

Jurassic Express have been the AEW Tag Team Champions since January 5th, 2022, when they defeated the Lucha Brothers on an episode of Dynamite from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, to end their 122-day run. Though the decision to put the straps on a boy and his dinosaur were largely met with positive […]

When AEW announced the christening of a new title belt, the All-Atlantic Championship, on Wednesday, June 8th’s edition of Dynamite, it left more questions than answered. The way the belt was introduced was clunky, with a surprisingly swift two-round tournament set to start mere moments later in the broadcast to decide the eventual winner at […]

AEW star Jeff Hardy was arrested on Monday morning after driving drunk on a Florida highway and was later hit with three charges, including driving on a canceled/suspended/revoked license and driving while under the influence, marking the third time he’s been given a DUI in the last three years. On Tuesday, AEW president Tony Khan […]

It’s here; it’s finally here: NJPW has announced the participants in the 2022 G1 Climax, and it features a certain member of the AEW roster that should get fans hyped for the tournament indeed. No, it’s not Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, or any member of The Elite – much to the chagrin of fans the […]

The latest airing of AEW Dark: Elevation started off strong with “The Native Beast” versus the “Non-Binary Nightmare.” That’s right, Max the Impaler has made their AEW debut. Max has been working the indies since 2018 and most notably debuted in Ring of Honor in September of 2021, where they performed until the promotion’s hiatus […]

Former WWE Divas champion Paige made a shocking announcement on Friday when she revealed she would leave WWE on July 7th. In her announcement, the 29-year-old star mentioned her departure from WWE wasn’t an end to her in-ring career. And now, she has commented on the possibility of joining AEW. According to Ringside News, Paige […]

Booker T has never been afraid to give his opinion on the news that goes on in pro wrestling. Recently, the WWE legend turned his attention to AEW and more specifically to Jade Cargill. Recently, Booker T was on the Reality of Wrestling podcast where he was asked about AEW star Jade Cargill. The WWE […]

AEW star Adam Cole loves The Bullet Club. Though he was only a member of The Club for a short while, as he signed with WWE early in the talent-share agreement between Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Cole has remained fiercely loyal to the faction since leaving NXT for AEW in 2021, […]

While AEW and NJPW’s joint event Forbidden Door has already announced and teased a multitude of dream matches, it would appear that fans will have to take at least a couple of names off of their fantasy bookings. After an early morning tweet from Andrade El Idolo, seemingly sarcastically thanking Lucha promotions CMLL and AAA […]

Sometimes in wrestling, what happens outside of the ring can affect the storylines told within it. Performers get injured, flights get canceled, and worldwide pandemics make it impossible for champions to step foot in the country a promotion calls home. This, unfortunately, is the situation AEW finds itself in heading into Wednesday’s edition of Dynamite, […]

On Monday morning, AEW star Jeff Hardy was pulled over in the 12 o’clock hour by Daytona, Florida police and subsequently arrested for three charges, including driving on a canceled/suspended/revoked license and driving while under the influence, marking his third such offensive over the last three years. Jeff Hardy was arrested last night. I'm always […]

Once upon a time, the man AEW fans would eventually know as Malakai Black looked like one of the brightest stars in the WWE developmental system. He had an incredible look, a jaw-dropping presentation featuring thousands of candles on an LED wall, and the musical stylings of Code Orange, who created one of the greatest original […]

A lot has been happening lately in the title picture of AEW. Newly christened World Champion CM Punk’s injuries have caused an impromptu Interim World Title to be christened, a process that will be spilling into Forbidden Door as Jon Moxley will be facing off against Hiroshi Tanahashi for the belt. The TNT Championship fairly […]

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when Cody Rhodes was a full-time wrestler and EVP of AEW. It all started well enough, with Rhodes and his Elite faction positioned as the babyface foils to Chris Jericho’s villainous Inner Circle but after a self-imposed stipulation that would prevent the well-traveled hero from ever challenging […]

As the road towards Forbidden Door, the cross-promotional Pay-Per-View between AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, inches closer and closer with each passing day, wrestlers in both promotions are scrambling to find opponents for what should be one of the most loaded cards in recent memory. Jon Moxley has a bout set with Hiroshi Tanahashi, […]

Jon Moxley is one match away from becoming the first two-time World Champion in AEW history. Sure, there have been multiple-time champions in the promotion before, with both Kenny Omega and “Hangman” Adam Page having both won the Tag Team Championship and the World Championship, and the trio of Cody Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, and Scorpio […]

Heading into Forbidden Door, there were two marquee matches that rose above the rest: Jon Moxley versus Hiroshi Tanahashi – which has now been confirmed – and “Hangman” Adam Page versus Kazuchika Okada versus maybe Adam Cole for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. The latter match, initially proposed by Page following his win over David […]

Paige VanZant is a lot of things; she’s a model, a wrestler for AEW, a fighter for UFC/Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, a former participant on Dancing with the Stars, and a member of American Top Team. Well, VanZant can now add “tech innovator” to her long list of accolades, as she just dropped a first-of-its-kind […]

While his Best Friend Trent Beretta continues to feud with Will Ospreay, Chuck Taylor has been notably absent from AEW television. Since securing a win over The WorkHorseman on AEW Dark Elevation back in March, Beretta has bounced around the AEW roster in a variety of different performance configurations, from losing to Samoa Joe for […]

One of the best things about AEW is that most of their wrestlers can feely wrestle in other promotions without many restrictions. FTR can take on Brian Pillman Jr. and Brock Anderson with Bret Hart in their corner despite the latter team not tagging together in AEW, Brody King can continue to work NJPW Strong […]

In case you somehow haven’t heard, the biggest show of the summer, Forbidden Door, is scheduled for later this month, with the biggest stars in AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling set to face off in all sorts of dream matches. We’ll probably see “Hangman” Adam Page and Adam Cole will be going against Kazuchika […]

If there’s one thing the AEW tag team partnership of Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood, known professionally as FTR, love more than anything else, it’s wrestling history. Their gimmick back in NXT/WWE, at least before Vince McMahon tried to rebrand them as literal clowns, was “no flips, just hits,” and their throwback style of wrestling […]

When Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland formed an impromptu tag team on Rampage, it made more than a few AEW fans scratch their heads. Since being signed away from WWE after their “budget cut”-influenced releases, Lee and Strickland have floated around the mid-card in AEW during the second quarter of 2022, securing wins matches against […]

The Forbidden Door is opening once again. After years of one-offs and short stints of visiting wrestlers, AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling will have their joint, very appropriately-named June Pay-Per-View in Chicago. Despite a string of injuries on AEW’s side of the card, this event should have plenty of dream matches and opportunities to […]

Theoretically, Hook and Danhausen are on opposite ends of the AEW spectrum. One is a second-generation wrestler who played lacrosse at the D-1 level in college and, after months of training as a contracted talent, made his in-ring debut positioned as an unbeatable star right from the jump. Hook was given a near-weekly segment on […]

After literal days of anticipation, Will Ospreay and his United Empire stablemates, Aussie Open, officially made their debut in a fully sanctioned wrestling match on AEW television. That’s right, after charging the ring to attack the unlikely trio of Trent Beretta and FTR on Wednesday’s edition of Dynamite, Rampage viewers were treated to an awesome […]

After weeks of anticipation, AEW has officially unleashed Satnam Singh onto the wrestling world in a real-life wrestling match. Taking the ring in a tag team match with Jay Lethal versus enhancement talent Davey Vega and Matt Fitchett, Singh turned in a classic big man performance that drew on all-time legends like Andre the Giant, […]

The warpath of Eddie Kingston continues and has claimed another victim, Jericho Appreciation Society’s Jake Hager, on AEW Rampage. After causing “The Mad King” to be eliminated at Dynamite’s Interim Title Battle Royal, Kingston demanded that he fight Hager on Rampage to get his receipt. And just like that, the contract was signed, and while […]